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Dallas Cowboys QB Tony Romo in favor of running the football more if it’s working

OXNARD, Calif. — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo said Thursday he’s in favor of running the football more and knows it’s a must if the team is going to accomplish its goals this season.

The Cowboys showed more of a commitment to the running game in their first preseason game Sunday night against Miami, but that was without most of the starters in the game. Romo and the first-team offense will be on the field together for the first time in a preseason game this year Friday night at Oakland, so will there be more passes?

“Being able to run the ball helps a lot. If we run the ball well, we’re going to keep calling the runs,” Romo said. “We need to run the ball better this year just in general. To me, that’s an important aspect of what we’re trying to do and we need to do that.”

The Cowboys trailed so many times last season and had to rally for victories that it made running the ball more difficult in the second half. However, several times the Cowboys didn’t commit to running the ball in the first half as much either. That figures to change now with Bill Callahan now calling the plays instead of coach Jason Garrett.

“We were trailing every game last year it felt like,” Romo said, “and we did a great job coming back in a lot of games. We have to figure out a way how not to have so many.”

Romo and the first-team offense and defense figure not to play much more than one series against the Raiders, treating it like a first preseason game.

“We’re not going to show very much in this game,” Romo said. “We might show some things we’ve done before. We’re still talking about [it].”

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